Are you as self-aware as you think?

Be aware that you’re not as self-aware as you probably think.

In fact, studies have shown that the more people think they are self-aware, the less they actually are. In other words, people who think they are self-aware are far less self aware than they realize.

“Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.” Prov. 29:23

“For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Luke 14:11

“Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.”
Prov. 22:4

“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8

So, of course, we need to be more God-aware than self-aware but it is also good to be self-aware which actually involves humility. When is the last time you asked someone where you are missing it in a seriously challenging relationship or situation? If you truly did so in humility and they were honest with you, it probably hurt a lil or a lot. If you aren’t in relationships with people who you allow to speak into your life in these ways, you are missing a whole view of your situation, challenge, and self that they can see but not so much, you.

This just happened with me recently and ouchy, ouchy, ouch! But I needed it and then later, I found myself in a situation that drove me to my knees that I was just sure was someone else’s fault and not my own. But as I studied out the verses I shared with you here, the Lord showed me in the mirror of His Word some cobwebs and darkness in me that needed the Light of His Word!

Examine your own heart, the Word tells us, DAILY and even extra when “someone” is causing you grief. His Word may show you that you are that “someone” at least in some ways causing yourself and them grief more than you realized. Nothing helps us with self-awareness like looking into the mirror of His Word and then confessing our sins one to another in humility…and asking those we know love us to speak freely into our lives to help us see ugliness inside of us that’s in our blind spots.

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Happy Monday! 

xo

God is Love is Happy,

Adrienne Cooley